ANUGA PROVES ITSELF TO BE THE LEADING FOOD & BEVERAGE TRADE FAIR

15/11/2017

The 34th edition of Anuga, the leading international food & beverage fair held in Cologne from 7-11 October 2017, has ended with record attendance figures. The event attracted approximately 165,000 operators from 198 countries, 75% of which were foreign. There was a record number of exhibitors as well: 7,405 in total, of which 716 were German and 6,689 were from abroad, distributed over a surface area of 284,000 square metres.
‘Anuga is the world’s biggest and most important business platform for the international food industry,’ said Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cologne Koelnmesse exhibition centre after the event had drawn to a close. ‘The trade fair brings the global supply and demand together very precisely. With its clear concept and focus on relevant themes, it is a reliable marketplace for the global food world.’

The 2017 edition was the seventh time Alifood, a leading trader of premium Italian food products, has attended Anuga. The final outcome was extremely positive: interest in Italian food and beverages continues to grow and, as a result, so does the importance of organisations like Alifood that can manage the entire supply chain of each and every product, from production to delivery, finding solutions to its customers’ problems with customs duty, hygiene and more general issues to do with local regulations.
The latest edition of Anuga has proved to be a showcase, allowing Alifood to present new products to its long-standing partners, and has also provided an opportunity to secure new strategic alliances with operators from Korea, Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine.

The next edition of Anuga will take place in Cologne from 5-9 October 2019.